yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] MS_Guru:
I couldn't tell you what else this firmware would work on. All I've got is my trusty G1 and this Stout Beast of a phone. If you'd really like to know, there's probably one sure way of doing it. Emulators are for.. umm.... Girls, yeah that it.

So over all, my phones been running great. No dropped calls, no missed texts, the call quality is amazing, speaker and headset. Now if it looked just a tad less like an IPhone, but then no ones perfect.

As it stands, I've been running this firmware for a few days now. And since then I've been striping the old girl down one service at a time. Tmobile Sync was the biggest nuisance by far. Its not just an annoyance on this firmware, it seems to be a nuisance on every phone its installed on. I use my phone for work, and I've got well over 450 contacts. That stupid app never stopped running. Not only that, but it monitors and synchronizes contacts between, your SIM, internal phone storage, Gmail, and tmobile. Needless to say, that was only the first of many Tmobile apps to hit the chopping block.

So here are the numbers... Starting apps 246, more than the dump from T959UVJFD, at 239. I got that down to 207, but I like the active desktop, and I've got to have a calendar. So currently 213 apps. My memory available stands at just about 130mb + 65MB available in 24 services, before I started ShootMe that is. Such weird numbers. The way the internal and external memory interacts is definitely going to be a major headache down the road.

My current memory usage...

Lock Screen....

I use a lightly Modified LauncherPro, so smooth...

What few apps I have left...

The rest of the apps, yeah I pretty much got rid of everything...

Backup ups don't seem to like this phone very much. "System app Backupper" has always been a favorite, but now instead of a folder with all the apps in it, all I get is an empty folder. Titanium did a partial job as well. Two extremely useful tools for this type of modding are Root Explorer, and Root Manager. And if your wondering about clockworks, I did try flashing a few "generic" so to speak recovery's. To no avail, and during the week I'm to busy to hack, probe, and tinker. But its a very useful program when it comes to one click permissions fixes. I'd much rather see someone port Amon Ra to this thing.

I'm really looking forward to a newer release. This phones got some great potential. I hope you enjoyed picture time. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] sync3:
Woo..

this is good for reference..i deleted some system apps trying to reinstall..this thing saved me...good work!!
[Vibrant Android Development] bubonik:
Can someone post a /system dump of this. Its slightly different than the t-mo shipped rom.

Anyone also have the issue of T-Mobile being in account settings with no way to remove it?
[Vibrant Android Development] tigereye313:
Is there any way of having the phone reflashed to the actual factory image?
[Vibrant Android Development] bubonik:
Can anyone that flashed this also provide a df -h printout?
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
I click start and it says:

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

and thats it.... any suggestions?
[Vibrant Android Development] sync3:
drivers..

Make sure u have the samsung drivers installed..if u do...just unplug and replug the phone in with odin open..u should see a com port open up with a number..ie 12 was mine..hope this helps
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Ive uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers... but still says usb device not recognized when I plug it in...

adb and all that work fine... am i missing a different driver somewhere just for DL mode?
[Vibrant Android Development] MrYoda:
Here you go:

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 162.8M 0 162.8M 0% /dev
df: /mnt/.lfs: Function not implemented
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/stl9 275.8M 246.6M 29.2M 89% /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 1.9G 169.8M 1.7G 9% /data
/dev/block/stl10 127.2M 1.8M 125.4M 1% /dbdata
/dev/block/stl11 30.1M 1.5M 28.6M 5% /cache
/dev/block/stl3 5.9M 4.0M 1.9M 68% /efs
/dev/block//vold/179:1
13.0G 10.0M 13.0G 0% /sdcard
/dev/block//vold/179:9
7.6G 1.7G 5.9G 23% /sdcard/sd
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Thank you

I appreciate you posting this... My phone works again....
[Vibrant Android Development] sync3:
IS flash working in everyones build? Factory firmware...t959uvjfd...i had flash working ..with this i dont..any ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] spyz88:
Will this work on the AT&T version? I screwed it up and there isnt a version of the firmware that I can flash. Also, the system dump in the Captivate forum is useless.
[Vibrant Android Development] stillyone:
Same here m8, if someone would do the same with shipped ones. Can't remove T-mobile from sync settings, looking for shipped rom.
[Vibrant Android Development] daweedk1991:
Does it matter if I did it when it was com4 in odin?
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
Wow! Huge thanks for this! Saved my phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] BrandonB1218:
I really need the firmware that comes with the phone... the real thing. This one is giving me TONS of problems. I can't find the factory firmware anywhere.
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
What kinds of problems are you having? I've only found 2 after flashing this. Does anyone know how to correct these?

1. Tons of apps not found in market.

2. T-moble account sync runs almost constantly until I go into the accounts and sync and check the "contacts" box then uncheck it again. Also it can't be removed and neither can my google account.
[Vibrant Android Development] daweedk1991:
I have the exact same problems...we need a stock rom :(
[Vibrant Android Development] shin6gc:
is it possible to flash with I9000DXJF4 using Odin on my Vibrant? Ive flashed mine to T959UVJE8 and can't seem to get into download mode again. Avatar can't be played after flashing too. something about the video is locked even though its from the same phone and nothing happens after asking me to unlock it.
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
So how did you delete the Tmobile Sync account? I've gotten rid of the other annoying system apps, but I can't find this anywhere to delete.
[Vibrant Android Development] ElahC:
My Avatar doesn't work as well even though I backed it up. Also, I cannot see some apps, like the Samsung apps. I cannot see them in the Market any help?
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
I've reflashed this 4 or 5 times now wiping before each try. I keep having the same problem. The ROM keeps reloading itself completely. The phone doesn't reboot, but everything will just freeze and then reloads everything about every 30 seconds.

Any ideas? Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] kugeln:
Remove NabService.apk and Faves.apk from /system/app. Reboot, remove the remnants of them through App Manager, and then reboot again for good measure.

NabService is the T-Mobile contact sync, and I guess Faves would have been MyFaves integration into the dialer, if it were still around.
[Vibrant Android Development] robavila721:
I did a system wipe to try to fix gps. But once it rebooted I keep getting force closures. Will this help me get back to stock

UPDATE: Worked Flawlessly, Now to remove the tmobile sync its always on!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] here.david:
OH NO !!!

So what am I missing...I can only get com 3,4 or 5 no 7

Odin3 just sit there with ID:0/003 file analysis

My problem was trying to follow deleting touchwizard now only black screen boot to recovery <2e> is all I can now do..
[Vibrant Android Development] pychobj2001:
How do you get it into download mode if you see the "cell phone .. warnng symbal .. pc" screen..i have tried a bunch of combinations...but none have worked....
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
For me the trick was to start holding down both volume keys and the power towards the end of "Goodbye" when turning it off. I never could get it if I started after the phone was completely shut down.
[Vibrant Android Development] ryanolson7:
make sure sim and sd card are out, plug into computer, have odin running, then hold vol down and power (people say you have to hold it until it goes black for the second time then release power and keep holding vol down, but mine worked after the first black)
[Vibrant Android Development] anomalous3:
I found the trick was, with the phone not plugged into the computer, to take the battery out, then put it back in, press and hold volume down and then press power. Or, if you've flashed a european image or clockwork, to press and hold volume up and then press power (because the volume buttons are reversed)
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Does anyone here know anyone inside TMO? Or have access to a REAL stock 2.1 flash?

The post of this is nice. But its not the true flash.

We need one for the ATT/TMO.
[Vibrant Android Development] robavila721:
Anyone who flashed thus having trouble with wifi. Mine reboots when I try to connect.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Its not stock. thats why! its based off the 9000 EU
[Vibrant Android Development] robavila721:
Everything else seems to work perfectly well except for wifi
[Vibrant Android Development] chastbi:
I did before I exchanged it. I found that it would work if I activated gps first. Then I could turn gps off and leave wifi on, that is, until I rebooted and had to do the whole process over again. Weird but worked consistently for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] robavila721:
Lemme try it

Edit: worked like a charm. It'll do until we can get a real stock flash
[Vibrant Android Development] mesajoejoe:
adb reboot download

not sure why so many ppl are having such a hard time getting into download mode
[Vibrant Android Development] pychobj2001:
I jacked my phone up when flashing an EU kernel or something..so i had to go back to this half stock rom...and i was getting the phone+pc screen, and all the forums were saying hit vol-+ then home, then power...which usa vibrant doesn't have a home hardware button...so i was going to just exchange it..but someone found out how to get it into download mode and shared it w/ me...and it's not in this or any sticky for the vibrant on xda....you have to push vol-+ then hold home till 2 black screens come and go, then on black screen number 2 release the power and your in download....those need to be in the sticky..
[Vibrant Android Development] vibrantnoob:
I downloaded all the nesesary files and when i start odin it gets stuck on file analysis... Can any1 help me with what im doing wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] kelmerp:
You should probably stop reading this thread, it is superceded by this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475

Note: flashing the nandroid backup will not fix antennae issues. Please read the thread before doing anything to your phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Stock 2.1 for vibrant:

http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungt959.htm

Anyone willing to test? This is a full flash.
[Vibrant Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
I tried by replacing the files in the tar with MsGuru's PDA, Phone and CSC files but it didn't work. I tried is with both the 512 and 513 pit files. Is this meant to be flashed as one file instead? I even tried just flashing the modem.bin to get the stock radio back but it stalled while flashing.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
If anyone has the balls :) Im already on stock. so i wont do it.

but use odin as they say and flash the full thing. This is supposed to be the real stock vibrant rom.
[Vibrant Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
I have a replacement phone due to arrive today so I'll gladly try it again but I don't have my USB cable with me so it's going to be a little bit.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Great you rule :)

maybe this will work for you. and just claim the phone lost :P
[Vibrant Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
I still have my original Vibrant, I ordered a replacement since I was stuck on the European radio. So I don't mind risking a brick today since it's just going back anyway.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Confirmed working on my thread back to orig Vibrant firware and radio and baseband.
[Vibrant Android Development] pinche rio:
Ok, having problems, nothing new with me and this damn phone. When I get all the files in place and my phone is in download mode, I click start and nothing happens? I can only get com 19, 20 and 21 (not 7 like suggested?)

Please help!!
[Vibrant Android Development] amandadam:
I followed the instructions,except the com number that appeared was 4(com4).

I rebooted and everything seems fine. Did this installation unroot my phone?

Is there any way I can get the Avatar movie to play with this rom?

It's still on my removable sd but because of the drm.shows as 0.
[Vibrant Android Development] infinitywithin1:
Thank you thank you thank you

These files right here saved my phone when nothing else would, and I tried everything. Thank you so much.

[EDIT] But now I don't have a "download mode" on my phone! Uh oh. [/EDIT]

[EDIT2] Belay my last [/EDIT2]
[Vibrant Android Development] atricio:
Samsung vibrant

I used this steps to get my vibrant like brandnew and I GOT IT !!!! , this work perfect and I used the aap from the markert lag fix to root again ( anyway I know what to do now ) I 'm really happy to get everything like the begining , don't be affraid guys THIS WORK PERFECT , Thank you very much for you help and support :):)
[Vibrant Android Development] allareconnected:
Is sims included???
[Vibrant Android Development] buddywood:
I have a vibrant hat has had the unlock code entered wrong to many times and now its asking for the gmail adress and password to unlock it. When I enter the info it wont unlock it. If I go through this process will it erase this password issue???:confused::mad:
[Vibrant Android Development] ocfury:
i guess i messed up the voodoo fix and need to re-flash, How do i get my phone in download mode?

never mind i remembered i can read lol

adb reboot download
[Vibrant Android Development] ronald11:
man this is aweeson worked for me, thanks, Ms_Guru
[Vibrant Android Development] lotherius:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475 -- wouldn't this one provide a more accurate version of "original firmware" if you're needing it back in factory condition? All bloatware, Recovery, etc?
[Vibrant Android Development] tee34life:
AWESOME!

Flashed back to stock U.S Vibrant. Man you guys are life savers, was going to replace phone, but it looks like everything is koo...experimented with alot of different roms.. many of them ****ED my phone up.. to many bugs...i'm going to wait this one out... FROYO 2.2 is going to be the shizzz nits!! But hey... happying romming to the others lol:D
[Vibrant Android Development] jimliza:
dont flash this screws up your driver windows 7 and a pisser to get back to stock...
[Vibrant Android Development] whereisit:
You have saved my life my friend, thank you so much.

BTW I got it to work on COM6, so i guess COM number wouldnt matter much, or I really dont know.
[Vibrant Android Development] DAKIDD236:
It works!!!!!!!!!!!!Ive been trying to fix my phone since 10 AM, and I've finally fixed it at 5:30 thanks to MS_GURU lol:D
[Vibrant Android Development] Nightfall983:
Thank You

Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!

I don't think I said it enough times... Thank you!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] bobofosho123:
Does the COM number really matter?

Ok, so I've got everything setup in odin ready to flash back to stock firmware, and I've also my phone in download mode ready to start the odin flashing, but when I plugged it in it showed COM4 instead of COM7, is that ok? Or is there something I need to fix, just being careful, thanks!

-bobofosho123
[Vibrant Android Development] Chalup:
That's fine.
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
This rom is the only rom that fixed my phone as well... Even jfd didn't work....
[Vibrant Android Development] rudy1979:
Hope you guys can help.

I'm trying to reflash my bricked vibrant. I am getting stuck at < getting PIT for mapping> in odin 1.3.

here is what I did..

1) Loaded the 512 PIT file with Odin (repartition, auto reboot and F.resest time all checked) - using COM7

2) Tried to download PDA, Phone, CSC tars with repartition, auto reboot and F.resest time all checked

It just seems to get stuck there and it looks like there is the start of a blue progress bar on the phone under downloading but it never moves

Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Android Development] Brett6452:
Just a fair warning to those trying this method:

I did everything that was said in the instructions and took very delicate care to make sure I did it right because I didn't want to **** my phone up even more. Well, turns out I ****ed my phone up even more some how. On the download mode screen a bar started to go across and I was excited that it was going to work, but than the bar never went passed more than a centimeter or so and then it just turned off after about an hour and now I cannot turn it back on at all. =(

Took it to Tmobile and they tried other methods of fixing it and new batteries, but nothing worked so they are sending me a new one.

The ****ty thing is that my phone bricked even more, the good thing is I had it under warranty.
[Vibrant Android Development] ddelahou:
Just installed update from T-Mobile (should not have done that) and phone is stuck at the Vibrant screen. Have go into Samsung recovery mode and have clear the cache. Should I delete all user data to restore to prior to T-Mobile failed update install?
[Vibrant Android Development] huppenstuff:
Same thing happened to me... I had previously used the Galaxy "One-Click Root" program by TGA_Gunnman to root my Vibrant. Then, I gladly install the update from Tmobile yesterday morning thinking "it's finally FROYO time!"... Thanks to this method my phone works better than ever after being soft-bricked! Do I dare install updates from Tmobile when they come again? ... probably ha
[Vibrant Android Development] shalpp:
So I went ahead and did this, everything finished correctly.

Turned off and never restarted. Now my phone is a delicious brick. :c

If I took it into T-Mobile could I blame it on an OTA update gone wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] lbingham:
Yep, just tell them that you received an update and after, it never got past the Vibrant screen. I did and they sent me a new one 3 day air.
[Vibrant Android Development] xplod420:
I used your method, phone works but when i plug it in to the computer it won't recognizes the phone. What do i do now?
[Vibrant Android Development] newgods:
You have saved my skin! Got soft-bricked trying to install Eugene's Froyo (possibly due to the Vista box I was using) and got my phone back up and running using your fix on an XP machine.

Many thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] nhoemvedau:
first of all thanks for the thread, it's a really good tool.

but i still have problem after do all your guide.

my problem is with the network itself.

i tried several methods to try unlock the phone. and somehow i messed up the network. now, even when i insert a Tmobile sim card, it stills doesn't recognize and won't able to make call. it keep having the circle with a slash.

when i insert AT&T sim card and reboot, it didnt ask me for unlock code? >.<

help please... i rather fix it to work with tmobile and sale :(
[Vibrant Android Development] Sonnislav:
Was testing this and afterwards my phone wouldn't go into download mode using the hold-the-volume-buttons-method whereas before I was able to do it fine... searched the forums and applied the fix...
[Vibrant Android Development] danielbui23:
Mine to. I have been trying any method I could find and found this one. Now I am ultimately locked. I think all of the dev's and little helpers have left xda.
[Vibrant Android Development] eclipseod:
so happy!!

OMG! this is my first time posting on xda and I want to say I was soooooo angry when i thought I bricked my phone trying to install the voodoo lag fix. I spent the whole entire nite trying to fix my phone and after reading a million pages of solutions that failed to work this one brought my vibrant back to life and i have to say i am nearly in tears! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!
[Vibrant Android Development] tediberus:
thanks !!! this saved my phone !!!
[Vibrant Android Development] NikolaiT:
Actually, the original firmware is UVJFD, the reason JE8 hardware locks your phone is because it replaces the SBL.
[Vibrant Android Development] tediberus:
why is it now .... i can't connect the phone to Odin ? whenever i try now to connect phone with Odin .... all i get is the battery logo .... no more download screen ? kies mini now keeps saying firmware version : unregistered device

i am still able to go into recovery mode with the 3 button method
[Vibrant Android Development] brianking21:
Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU! Thats all I have to say... :)
[Vibrant Android Development] raydm:
ok here how the story goes.

stock JI6 ...

got root

install rom manager

flash recovery

create backup

flash the only rom available in rom manager

in options i chose the new modem for froyo !!??!! dont remember what the number was.

play with that rom

decided to revert back to stock !!

run the restore from rom manager

now.

i am stuck at the main screen when your phone turn on and its search for network !!!

i think its stuck between this world and the other sss :)

so flashing throw this procedure will give me my phone back :) ??

also i never connect my phone to the pc before !! any idea on what kind of trouble will be to install drivers or to have pc recognize it ??
[Vibrant Android Development] lethal80:
Hi!

I have a problem with my Vibrant after flashing T959UVJE8-factory-final-MS_Guru.

I did everything as it was written here. Odin said flashing was successful. But my phone didn't rebooted. It shows no signs of life!!!

Unfortunately, there's no RIFF JTAG. The repair shop asks $120 to repair the phone. It's too high!

I am in despair!!!

Has anyone had such problem solved before? Can you help?

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] miki725:
help

I followed the steps from the first post. The ROM installed fine, the phone rebooted and the system started up.

There are a couple of odd things.

In the system is that there is no "web" app nowhere in the apps list.

With this ROM am unable to access the recovery mode. I have been trying for 2 hours. I am trying to access it by pressing both vol up and down as well as the power button. Also now I can't get into the download mode.

On top of that, my computer can't recognize the device now when I connect the Vibrant to the computer (I have the drivers installed). I tried on both 64-bit and 32-bit. Because of that even though when I connect using the "mass storage" mode and then mount the storage, I can't access the internal sd or external sd through a computer.

Please help me to solve this. I will appreciate that a lot.

Also if somebody then give me guidance to installing the stock ROM of the Vibrant so the phone has it's full original functionality, I would appreciate that a lot.
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
you guys should be flashing JFD not JE8.

;)

http://www.multiupload.com/IFSJECTS3L
[Vibrant Android Development] miki725:
Thanks for the reply scrizz.

Can you please explain how to do that since I can't get to the download mode now (I am pressing both vol up and down and then insert the usb cable connected to pc).

Thanx in Advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] phattchumpy:
Take the battery out.

Hold volume up and down.

Put battery back in.

Let go of volume buttons.
[Vibrant Android Development] miki725:
When I try to do that, instead of entering Download Mode, I get the green battery. Any ideas?

Its pretty much what this guy shows:

youtube . com / watch?v=9nMCBbdAcHU
[Vibrant Android Development] bobbbb:
Are u sure your usb is plugged into your computer?

sent from australia